About

What We Do

Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement (AGED) has regulatory authority for the issuance of alcohol licenses and permits, including:

manufacturer

wholesaler

importer

farm winery

retail licenses

retailers/buyers card

alcohol beverage caterer

2 a.m. permits

temporary on-sale permits

consumption and display permits

brand label registration

AGED special investigators conduct inspection and compliance visits to licensed liquor establishments to ensure compliance with the state liquor laws and rules, which include promotion and trade practice violations, and illegal advertising promotions.

AGED also has a staff of sworn special agents who conduct criminal and gaming license background investigations in the areas of legalized gaming, including:

AGED also has regulatory gaming authority under Minn. Statute 299L to issue and regulate gaming device licenses. In addition, under the State-Tribal Compacts, AGED is the primary state agency granted authority to monitor and conduct inspections of Class III games (e.g., Black Jack tables and gaming devices) at the 18 tribal casinos in the state.

Director

Carla Cincotta was appointed director of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in October 2016. Cincotta has worked as a special agent, senior special agent and special agent in charge within AGED, where she directed, coordinated and reviewed investigations to ensure proper regulation and enforcement of state and federal laws.

Before joining AGED in 2005, Director Cincotta served as a police officer and investigator in the Stillwater Police Department for 10 years.

Cincotta has bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice Administration and has completed the IACP Leadership in Police Organizations program and Women’s Leadership Institute.

Staff

AGED currently has a staff of 19 full-time positions, including: seven sworn agents (director, senior special agent, and five special agents); three (non-sworn) special (liquor) investigators; one law enforcement liaison and six administrative personnel.

History

The Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) was created in 1996 when two independent divisions of the Department of Public Safety, i.e., Gambling Enforcement and Liquor Control were merged. The merger combined the knowledge and expertise of the law enforcement division of Gambling Enforcement with that of the civil and regulatory background of the Liquor Control Division.